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Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

Overview

Fast Facts:

A line of storms traversed across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana between 3-8 pm CDT, with generally two more focused areas of wind.

The first was a line segment through the following counties:  Ogle, northern DeKalb, northern Kane, southern McHenry, far northern Cook, and southern Lake.  This produced concentrated significant wind damage in Huntley and adjacent areas.

A second one moved across far southern Lee County and along the far northern LaSalle County border.  This weakened slightly before entering the far southern Chicago metro, but still had 40+ mph wind gusts. Part of this area re-intensified in northwest Indiana across northern Lake and Porter Counties.

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